Proverbs 9
1 Wisdom has built her house, she has hewn out her seven pillars:
Wisdom has built her house; she has carved out her seven pillars.
2 She has killed her beasts; she has mingled her wine; she has also furnished her table.
She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine; she has also set her table.
3 She has sent forth her maidens: she cries upon the highest places of the city,
She has sent out her maidservants; she calls out from the heights of the city.
4 Whoso is simple, let him turn in here: as for him that wants understanding, she says to him,
“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment.
5 Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.
“Come, eat my bread and drink the wine I have mixed.
6 Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.”
7 He that reproves a scorner gets to himself shame: and he that rebukes a wicked man gets himself a blot.
He who corrects a mocker brings shame on himself; he who rebukes a wicked man taints himself.
8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate you: rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
Do not rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will increase his learning.
10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
11 For by me your days shall be multiplied, and the years of your life shall be increased.
For through wisdom your days will be multiplied, and years will be added to your life.
12 If you be wise, you shall be wise for yourself: but if you scorn, you alone shall bear it.
If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage; but if you scoff, you alone will bear the consequences.
13 A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knows nothing.
The woman named Folly is loud; she is naive and knows nothing.
14 For she sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the heights of the city,
15 To call passengers who go right on their ways:
calling out to those who pass by, who make their paths straight.
16 Whoso is simple, let him turn in here: and as for him that wants understanding, she says to him,
“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment.
17 Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
“Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is tasty!”
